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The Russian president said he doesn't think the three Pussy Riot members should be "judged so harshly" for their punk prayer at an Orthodox cathedral in which they called on the Virgin Mary to "throw Putin out!" He added, however, that it is up to the court to decide the case.
PUTIN

MOSCOW – Russia's top Orthodox clerics on Saturday asked for mercy for the punk band Pussy Riot for its anti-government protest in a Moscow cathedral, but the church's forgiveness is unlikely to change the band's punishment in a case that caused an international furor over political dissent.
ORTHODOX CHURCH

The three members of Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison for performing an anti-Vladimir Putin song in Russia's top church will not ask the president for a pardon, their lawyer said Monday. “Our clients will not ask for a pardon,” defence lawyer Nikolai Polozov said.
PUSSY RIOT